GWALIOR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

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A PAINTED AND IVORY AND BONE-INLAID STRINGED INSTRUMENT (TAMBURI)
GWALIOR, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
The body painted with Ganesh flanked by peacocks above Rama and Sita enthroned, the lower register painted with two cows, the reverse showing Rada and Krishna amidst floral sprays and surrounded by attendants, Brama and other gods, the handle with further figural motifs and foliated scrolling garland
38 ½in. (98cm.) long

Provenance

Christie's, 10 March, 1987, lot 116
Christie's South Kensington, The Saeed Motamed Collection - Part II, 7 October 2013, lot 301

Exhibited

London, Every Object Tells a Story, 6 May – 26 June, 2015, No 53

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Lot Essay

Another tamburi with similar decoration attributed to 19th century Gwalior is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (IM.238-1922, Robert Skelton, The Indian Heritage. Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule, London, 1982, cat. 565, p.165.)

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